Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux:
  pstore: pass allocated memory region back to caller

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 2bd620f0d79..57bbf9078ac 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
         }
 
         psinfo = psi;
+        mutex_init(&psinfo->read_mutex);
         spin_unlock(&pstore_lock);
 
         if (owner && !try_module_get(owner)) {
@@ -195,30 +196,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pstore_register);
 void pstore_get_records(int quiet)
 {
         struct pstore_info *psi = psinfo;
+        char                    *buf = NULL;
         ssize_t                 size;
         u64                     id;
         enum pstore_type_id     type;
         struct timespec         time;
         int                     failed = 0, rc;
-        unsigned long           flags;
 
         if (!psi)
                 return;
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
+        mutex_lock(&psi->read_mutex);
         rc = psi->open(psi);
         if (rc)
                 goto out;
 
-        while ((size = psi->read(&id, &type, &time, psi)) > 0) {
-                rc = pstore_mkfile(type, psi->name, id, psi->buf, (size_t)size,
+        while ((size = psi->read(&id, &type, &time, &buf, psi)) > 0) {
+                rc = pstore_mkfile(type, psi->name, id, buf, (size_t)size,
                                   time, psi);
+                kfree(buf);
+                buf = NULL;
                 if (rc && (rc != -EEXIST || !quiet))
                         failed++;
         }
         psi->close(psi);
 out:
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&psinfo->buf_lock, flags);
+        mutex_unlock(&psi->read_mutex);
 
         if (failed)
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "pstore: failed to load %d record(s) from '%s'\n",